11-08-200911-08-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2482Boston
November 8, 2009 11:00 AMCalender
394B

Henry Walton (American, 1804-1865) Portrait of "Mrs. Christiana Post Aged 43 Years 1835."

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$3,555$3,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482Location: BostonDate / Time: November 08, 2009 11:00AM

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Henry Walton (American, 1804-1865)

Portrait of "Mrs. Christiana Post Aged 43 Years 1835." Inscribed by the artist "Drawn by Henry Walton 1835" l.c., the subject identified in Henry Walton's distinctive ink inscription on the reverse. Watercolor on paper, 8 7/8 x 6 3/8 in., depicting the woman wearing a fancy white bonnet with blue ribbons and a black dress with a white ruffled collar, holding a book in one hand, one arm resting on a work table beside her set with sewing implements, in a molded tiger maple frame. Condition: Good, minor toning.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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